£50m scottish parliament interest sought
The Scottish Office has invited specialist contractors to express
interest in 38 trade packages involved in the construction and
fit-out of the proposed £50 million new Scottish Parliament
building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. The work will be let as a
construction management contract which is due to be awarded to one
of four construction management firms currently bidding for the
job.
morrison wins £18m sewerage contract
Morrison Construction has been awarded an £18.3 million
contract from Yorkshire Water Services to improve substantial
sections of the sewerage system in Whitby. Morrison has set up a
specialist joint venture partnership with Amec Tunnelling and
Morrison's civil engineering and utility and facilities management
divisions to undertake the work.
nuneaton town centre to get upgrade
Richardson Developments, in association with Cordwell Properties,
is to undertake a multi-million pound redevelopment of Nuneaton
town centre. The 19,000m2 development will provide the town with a
major retail and leisure scheme called The Rope Walk.
kvaerner's £11m soda pipeline win
Kvaerner Construction has secured an £11 million contract to
design and construct a 4.7km-long steam pipeline running between
two soda ash production sites at Winnington and Northwich in
Cheshire for PowerGen CHP.
tenders for industrial units open
English Partnerships is inviting tenders for the construction of 45
high specification industrial/manufacturing units totalling 9,752m2
at Europarc, Grimsby in North-east Lincolnshire. Some 375m of roads
and pavement are also included. A second phase will involve the
construction of smaller units totalling 2,300m2.
norwest holst wins milton keynes job
Norwest Holst Construction has been awarded an £8.3 million
contract to build 27,000m2 of production/warehouse buildings with
offices for Frontier Estates on the Brinklow Estate at the Stratus
Park development in Milton Keynes.
£8.5m ulster hospital tenders sought
The Mater Hospital Health and Social Services Trust in Belfast is
seeking tenderers for an £8.5 million job to construct a
7,100m2, three-storey, concrete-frame building with concrete flat
slab floors and rainscreen cladding on the Mater Hospital site on
Stoney Road, Dundonald, Belfast.
nuttall wins south coast pipeline work
Edmund Nuttall has been awarded a £6.3 million pipeline
installation contract by Southern Water Services at Littlehampton
and Bognor Regis on the south coast of England. Four ductile iron
transfer pipelines totalling 23km will be laid.
£6m edinburgh city bypass tenders open
The Scottish Office Development Department is to invite tenders for
a £5-6 million design and build road contract on the A720
Edinburgh City Bypass early next year. The job involves widening a
section of the bypass over a 3km stretch between Dreghorn Junction
to the east side of the Waters of Leith Bridge.